You guys are way out of my price league, but I thought I'd chime in about my Wacom Graphire Tablet. Though it's only a 4x6 area, none of the super-cool tools, (high-rez, angle detection, etc,) I still have a $99 tablet that travels with my laptop everywhere for the past 5 years without a SINGLE mishap! And when I say travel... 42 different cities in 6 months, international and national, various environments (none of which conducive to sanity,) and daily mouse replacement. I use it for CAD work, PhotoShop, 3D, web-surfing, whatever. I wouldn't replace this for any other reason besides that I've worn it out! And I've worn out 3 laptops while using the same tablet and pen. ;)